Fund Groups

InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards (IDEA)

Proposal timeline for the 2018-2019 academic year:

Proposals are due on or before March 23, 2018

Awards announced by April 23, 2018

Fund information:

Rice University’s InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards (IDEA) promote the development of new research or academic partnerships that extend across multiple schools to engage faculty in new and creative scholarship. A minimum of three faculty extending across at least two schools is required.

These awards are for high-risk/high-reward proposals. It is expected that these awards will lead to proposals that generate new centers or multi-PI programming.

Awards are funded up to a maximum of $75,000 and may extend for up to two years ($75,000 total).

No InterDisciplinary Excellence Award may be used for summer salary, purchase of research equipment, or reducing teaching responsibilities.

Eligibility:

Full-time and research faculty members at Rice are eligible to apply. Proposals must be submitted by a group of at least three faculty extending across at least two schools. Please inform your department chairs that you have applied.

Review process:

The review of proposals will be carried out by a committee of referees assembled by the Office of the Provost. This committee will be comprised of faculty from across the university who are not applicants to this fund.